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By June 2008, the Good Omens Lexicon had started generating enough daily traffic for us to implement ads. As the site contains large amounts of copyrighted content, we want to be absolutely clear on what we’re using the money for. The ad revenue covers part of the site’s hosting bill* and domain renewals; if we earn more than that, any excess will be donated to charity, currently the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.

In the interest of full disclosure, here is the complete breakdown of our ad revenue vs. costs over the years:

Date

Withdrawal

Cost

Description

05-Mar-15

–

$60.00

30% of MediaTemple web hosting ($200.00)

04-Jan-15

–

$11.95

.com domain renewal

10-Dec-14

–

$9.95

.org domain renewal

08-Apr-14

$50.95

$1.00

Project Wonderful withdrawal fee

05-Mar-14

–

$60.00

30% of MediaTemple web hosting ($200.00)

03-Jan-14

–

$11.95

.com domain renewal

10-Dec-13

–

$9.95

.org domain renewal

05-Mar-13

–

$60.00

30% of MediaTemple web hosting ($200.00)

02-Jan-13

–

$9.95

.com domain purchase

10-Dec-12

–

$9.95

.org domain renewal

20-Apr-12

–

$35.82

30% of DreamHost web hosting ($119.40)

27-Dec-11

$38.51

$1.00

Project Wonderful withdrawal fee

11-Dec-11

–

$9.95

.org domain renewal

20-Apr-11

–

$35.82

30% of DreamHost web hosting ($119.40)

11-Dec-10

–

$9.95

.org domain renewal

20-Apr-10

–

$35.82

30% of DreamHost web hosting ($119.40)

24-Dec-09

$28.54

$1.00

Project Wonderful withdrawal fee

10-Dec-09

–

$9.95

.org domain renewal

21-Apr-09

$25.00

$1.00

Project Wonderful withdrawal fee

19-Apr-09

–

$35.82

30% of DreamHost web hosting ($119.40)

Totals

$143.00

$420.83

= -$277.83

*The Lexicon is hosted by Linn, along with some of her other websites, so she covers the remaining 70% of the hosting bill.

DISCLAIMER: All material related to Good Omens is the property of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. All original content, including the artwork, is the property of the Good Omens Lexicon and its contributors, and may not be reproduced without permission. The Good Omens Lexicon is a non-profit, fan-run site and has no affiliation with the authors or publishers. You can read about what we do with our ad revenue here.